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    3. 肉を切らせて骨を切る

    肉を切らせて骨を切る

    肉にくを​切きら​せ​て​骨ほねを​切きる​

    to lose a battle to win the war

    NTVerbMilitaryKanji Vocab37 strokes

    にくをきらせてほねをきる

    Verb

    1.
    to lose a battle to win the war, to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe, to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone
    idiomatic expression

    Stroke 0 / 37

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    Characters that make up this word

    肉
    しし…(1)
    meat
    Kanji
    切
    き.る・-き.る・き.り・-き.り・-ぎ.り・き.れる…(9)
    cut・cutoff・be sharp
    Kanji
    骨
    ほね…(1)
    skeleton・bone・remains・frame
    Kanji
    を
    wo
    Kana
    ら
    ra
    Kana
    せ
    se
    Kana
    て
    te
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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